Metropolitan see Agra, India
Archdiocese of Agra
Agraën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, tracing to the 1784 Mission sui iuris of Hindustan and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 1 September 1886. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Agra. The province includes suffragans such as Ajmer, Allahabad, Bareilly, Jaipur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Meerut, Udaipur and Varanasi.
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- Established
- 1784
- Catholics
- 17,182
- Priests
- 105
- Territory
- 69,162 km²
Parishes and churches
35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Peter's MissionBhimnagarView parish
- St. Peter's MissionJaswant NagarView parish
- St. Theresa's ChurchKosi KalanView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchSikandraView parish
- St. Thomas' MissionMainpuriView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Raphy Manjaly
- Born
- 7 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Vendore
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Agra stands in Agra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
A Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, Agra (Latin: Agraën(sis)) takes in the Uttar Pradesh districts of Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, Etawah, Farrukabad, Firozabad, Gautambudha Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Kasganj, Mainpuri and Mathura, together with Bharatpur and Dholpur in Rajasthan. The cathedral episcopal see stands in the city of Agra.